New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-22
BOTH SIDES HEARD FROM.
BEFORE THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION

THE TRANscOyTINENTAL LINES AND The opNoA
IOUs FOURTH SECTION.
WASHINGTON. April 2l-The following telegram from
San Jose CAL has received by the Interstate CON-
merce Commission:
The New Almaden the largest quicksilver producing
mine in the United It's principal works are IN New
YORK Where s love- rates o 4 from
rates shut us out Of the
market mart or in industry st WI" l. B. KAsDo
several kilograms have received from the Pacinc
Coast fruit interests setting forth the disasters
by the new transcontinental rates
C. NJ Wicker teleeraphs from Chicago on behalf OF the
BOARD OF Trade and merchants OF Chicago announcing
wish to be heard upon the transconunentai quesuon
and asking tho decision OF the Commission De WIN
held until arguments bc submitted I'VE are" the
telegram says in favor OF conditional suspension Oh
long and short haul clause on Pacific Coast trao pro-
yded rates from the Great Lakes and Mississippi Vaey
he made proporonatcy less than from the Atahc soa
board as has been the case In the past"
The following telegram from San Francisco was re-
ceived by the COmmisson
This il signed by W. T. Garrett, president ManuactT
crs Association OF California, and by seven firms FORM
ing n committee OF the merchants and manufacturers
Of San Francisco Also resolutions received from
the Manufacturers Association of California protesting
against the suspension of the fourth section.
Ralph W. Thachcr miller, of Albany n. Y, appeared
before the Commission with his counsel ana nicu
petition setting forth that his branch Offices steam mills
rran elevator and general shipping station was at
schenectady The elevator was built in compliance wh
the terms OF an agreement with the railroads Tor certain
rights of transportation upon terms rs favorable as Werc
given TO any other shippers Since the Interstate Co
mercc law went into effect the Delaware ana HUDSON
Canal Company had declined to transport grain from
schenectady 10 Eastern points except ut local rates.
Petitioner sets forth that his business is at stands
and that his daily expenses are about S2oo lie ASKS 'o
issue OF an order for the furnishing OF cars ana the ae
ceptance OF the old according to the contract uder
which the elevator was built
Charles IL Tweed OF New-York, addressed the com
mission in behalf Of the prayer of the Southern Pacific
poi,road for suspension of the fourth section He pre-
scnted formal petition which sets forth that the Sou
ern Pacific in competition for the transportation Vi
through passengers and freight with the Canhdiah
Pacific the Pacific Mail Steamship Company clippers
and tramp steamers and that the business is done under
sr,staptiallv dssimar conditions from those under
which local transportation Is conducted
sNr awey of WORK, general Eastern agent oi Tue
Southern Pacific company, was sworn ana duesuoheu
bv counsel upon the set forth in the peton lie
was cross examined by f. n. Taft OF Ncwiork' repre-
scnting Sutton * Co.. Of the clipper lines
p R,it,on attorney OF the Atchison Topeka ana
Santa Fe Railroad produced map OF the road ana us
connections. He read petition setuhs lortn ''' 'o
road and iis connections were engaged III .rahsco'
mental traffic In an honest endcavor to comply with the
law IL had put In operation new schedules "hich' "hIo
they increased through rates, largely reducea ,ne
,tes IN intermediate points While this had not resulted
u increasing the way traffic. IL had entirely oesuo1ou
| the through traffic. The prayer OF the peuuoh was
| similar 10 that OF the Southern Pacific
| General william ". Belknap, representing the 81
7 ouis and san Francisco road, presented n peuuoh
Getting forth the circumstances influencing that com
panys through traffic, and asked that the iou' sooo
oconc George GRAY gave notice that he would file the
petition OF the Northern Pacific to Ike ppoft a'er III
lanes r. Goddard assistant general manager OF the
Achson Topeka and santa Re road wa, sworn n ana o,i
The matters set forth In the petition mehonga %
The wnes. said the company ssAen 10 os Of the
Clippers without further reference to tue Comhis,oh
| Nr Taft presented communication rom Su'tSn g, e
70 nisnarh line setting forth that the action OF the
trnn.con,incnta roads toward the shipping lneIeSI 1
bry had cxerted every effort 10 annhllae the shPps
interests OF the country Ihey nan t'hon ' nc sy,,
hn nn The short haul traffic The writers protested
snin,f the suspension of the long ana snort maui
a1e ssner Of coarse goods TO forward them by sail
j. T. searlcs Jr Of Newfork r.pf.,eh,n ' pcnncrv
rcaners the East Including the 81 1ns f,onnfg
entered protest against the granting OF me sh M %
rchners petition lie iod ,ne nis19Iy br The impota
tam a W. ISLANDS ahe ,S the entire
Snrplns the importers entered into combination WIN
the railroads by means 81 which they Ncie eiauicn ~
Iv dawn This foreign commodity, admitted duty ifce, ~
nrccs with which the Eastern rctncrs who were en tt
fu rates Of freight cond not compete one rss ha,
cost one and half million dolars .,,,,,,r. nm,
The further hearing upon the racine lines pc'o"' w"
theu Till 10 morrow.
'i saipa farmers Of orange County NewYork repre-
scnng The farmers and milk producers OF that county
have sent petition setting forth that the rates chge
hv the New York. Lake Erie and western ielWhy ,o'n
pany for transporting milk 10 Jersey CITY; distance
nftv miles are unreasonable aud UNJUST ihc I"t'
charged amounts 30 per cent OF tho value OF the pot
mel with per cent for ferT1agc 10 New 1 ',
which more than Is charged upon other trhc Oh I'M
vaIne and no greater risk The charge upon mix ro
| summit I'm New.York distance OF ia miles, is IN
same IA from Orange County. Like complaints are ndu
against the New York. ontario and western, the N1M
YORK susgnehanna and Western. ana the lehgh 'aiieI
| and Hudson River roads. The petitioners ask sue
Immediate action rs shall seem just ana eYultaoc 10
end that these corporations may DC rcs'r"nc" iio '
| tinunncc OF the acts complained OF. -, .,a,,s y
Iustec Eatenan a Co.. wool commission Wctcn"h's
phtIndcphla In lntcr TO the Commission express W
hone maj section will not be suspended as resaIu
trnnscontinenial lines. The protests aSfhh-t me o
and short haul, they say came from persons "no ~.
hcretofore enjoyed the greatest benefits from cut Ia
and who have had an unfair advantage or istaicc,
they continue year the merchants OF san a,
had rate OF 80 cents per 100 pounds on wooi, VIM
dealers and growers located several hundred nue. hi
finer east had to pay - 10 ~ 30 per 100 Pouma II n
wool WINS shipped direct to the East There Is WOOL inc
say now in Philadelphia grown In Montana wIcn ,n
railroads forced 10 be sent thence wa San
making haul Of 1000 miles while II Shipped ue, g, ~
woud have travelled only 1000 miles 1hc oect Vi ".
determination was 10 give the san francisco lcIoi
nm opportuny TO exact toll before reached s nature
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